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The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission on Monday unveiled planned activities for the 40th Anniversary of the OECS, with Dominica\u2019s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit saying that the last four decades in the sub-region have been marked by resilience and transformation.<\/p>

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Activities to commemorate the June 18, 2021 milestone will include a virtual Thanksgiving Service; a series of public sector consultations and business-focused webinars; the launch of an OECS teachers resource booklet on regional integration; the launch of an OECS Youth Assembly; a development partners symposium; and the premiere of a special bi-lingual production dramatised by the Che Campeche theatrical group.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis 40th year is a historical marker on a road of increasing convergence, greater anticipation and unyielding possibility,\u201d said Skerrit, who is chairman of the OECS Authority.<\/p>

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\u201cNotwithstanding the bad weather through which we have journeyed, there have been bursts of sunshine. Notwithstanding the pain we have endured, we have also enjoyed the blessings of rain and we have reached this milestone for one simple reason\u00a0\u2014\u00a0we have always focused on the things that unite us rather than the things that divide us.\u201d<\/p>

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Director-General of the OECS Dr Didacus Jules, in his remarks, noted the need to celebrate past success but also look to the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States will involve not just looking back at the road already travelled but importantly also looking forward to the road ahead. In doing this, we will be acknowledging the incalculable contributions of many who walked before us and the significant accomplishments on this journey to regional integration laid out in the road map of the Revised Treaty of Basseterre,\u201d he said.<\/p>

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The OECS was established on June 18, 1981 as an international, inter-governmental organization dedicated to regional integration in the Eastern Caribbean. Seven Eastern Caribbean countries signed a treaty agreeing to cooperate and promote unity and solidarity among the members, known as the Treaty of Basseterre, named after the city in St Kitts and Nevis where the agreement was signed.<\/p>\n

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